Pierre Jeanneret, the Swiss-born French architect whose name is synonymous with the modernist transformation of Chandigarh, ...

Most of us seek wisdom by reading tomes by wise men and Shashi Tharoor, but once in a while, going through a book ...

When I lived in an independent house in a small city like Shimla in the 70s, festivals often passed quietly. Navratri, for ...

I have always been the friend whom people call reckless with shoes. Rain puddles, broken pavements, beach walks, I throw ...

We are, without question, passengers on a vessel steered by “forces” we cannot foresee. When the news came that Zubeen Garg ...

Himachal Pradesh stands at a precipice. The mountain state is enduring a relentless cycle of environmental catastrophe, yet its stakeholders – government officials, ...

Shattered chunks of fallen concrete, near my residence on the Forest Hill Road, Shimla, made me look into the bits of ‘ifs and buts’. Last year, it happened at MLA Crossing, where concrete is now made ...

A shocking incident in Shillong, (India), where a four-year-old girl was found brutally murdered has once again forced society to ask a slew of uncomfortable questions. What sort of world have we ...

I don’t fly much these days, mainly because I never know whether my plane is being flown by a pilot, co-pilot or auto-pilot. That’s a problem for me because these days the pilot is usually busy having ...

Banyan tree is a breathtaking display of nature’s grandeur. Photo – Gurkirat Singh. In the tranquil village of Cholti Kheri, nestled within Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district, stands a natural wonder ...

All wars are invariably followed by books, but these are usually about the blood and glory, strategy and logistics, victories and failures. Colonel Basu’s book is delightfully different: while being ...

The rich, centuries-old cultures of the hills of Himachal Pradesh are vanishing at an alarming rate. While much of this heritage has already been lost, there is still time to study and document the ...